Ever since we heard back in October 2020 that Legally Blonde 3 was officially on the way, our hopes have been high. While originally slated for a May 2022 release, the final chapter in Elle Woods’ journey is still in development, and has actually yet to begin filming.

However, in a new interview with USA Today, Reese Witherspoon teased the status of the long-awaited third movie in the beloved franchise.

Witherspoon shared that she remains hopeful that the sequel will still happen and that the recent success of Top Gun: Maverick has helped spur ideas for her own film’s team.

“I’m still hoping that Legally Blonde 3 is gonna come together in the right way,” she said. “It’s just like Top Gun: they waited a long time to make another version of that movie, and I loved the nostalgia piece they incorporated in it. So definitely that gave us a lot of inspiration about what we would want to do with Elle Woods and make sure that we had all those same touchstones that mattered to people [back] then.”

Legally Blonde 3: Reese Witherspoon just gave us an exciting update on the progress and inspiration for the next film